The Sun. — London, England, 1826-08-07 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF, THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Constitution decreed, and by this time, we trust, pretty nearly. established in Portugal, has by its promul gation throughout Spain and over the Continent, throWn the Whole firma legitimaey into terrible ilium. Ferdi mend, with his inquisitorial and hateful GovernMent, seems to -bein an agony of terror. lie is so, we apprehend, With Sufficient cause. It may be remarked,' that the only materials existing. in Spain for a national force of any re spy alile character, are,,to be found among a class of men who proved, while tiny thing like a. struggle of parties ex isted, the most stanch and incorruptible friends of a free constitutions The militia of the kingdom was composed of the middle order—that ia, in the greatest *degree, of inen who had some small property, real or personal, to support them; either money, land, or merchandise, and who filled the same rank in Spain as the National Guard on the nor thern side of the Pyrenees ; but the Spanish militia Were, upon the whole, of i a more enthusiastic, earnest, and active disposition for military service than their co-relatives .among the French people. The Consti totional Government of 1820 to 1823, with that per , verseinbecility which sat upon all its measures, failed to make the natural use of this great body or theoretic .militia, which, wherever it was called out, behaved with noble energy, as well in reeistance to the servile faction as to the French invaders, It was the young militia of Madrid who gave the French army whatever trouble it met with at the Trocadero, and. in the siege of Cadiz s nor, though perplexed and betrayed by the Court, was. there shown, on the part of theaebravo men l theleast symptoinsif unsoldietly despondency. Now, Ferdinand being .deprived by his own, baseness of the means of keepS ing anpegular army on foot, was compelled to have re , eei seai ttr the Royal voluriteeris! - a substitute for the But well-informed as *ere the Monks at the head of the GoVernment, what had been the spirit, and what would be the conduct of the tradesmen and small proprietors, if again enrolled? They dared not draW from the scabbard a weapon so perilous to the hand whielt.,.lield it. To coostitote, therefore, the corps of Royal Volunteers," vagabonds of the worst descrips t oils were invited to join the Royal standard, already iliskraCed'heyond the risk of further degradation. These Wretches were for time mostpart as unable to support them selves rite . the Court was qualified to assist them ; so that the Royal Volunteers, in other respects fit guards for the ,person and crown of Ferdinand, have never been rm. oieroiss or effeii!tiye as a military body. An attempt Ives made two_ ware ago to infuse fresh vigour into this deeply , catikered mass, end a decree was issued upon the subject of its reformation; but it remained a dead letter. A new ordinance was signed .by Ferdinand on the Bth of June; and in every point essential to his objects, or to , the real efficiency of this corps, we venture to pronounce that the present decree will experience the same fate as its prede.l censor. After pro,,ribin g the orgaidsation of the Voluit . teer Staff, with an Inspector-Generid at the head of it, the ordinunee proeelits thus i—The Royalist Volunteers will be composed of the inhabitants of each commune; who, poSseiiiihig the 'Means of a decent and honest liveli hood, have likewise afforded proofs of loyalty, &c. &c, lot the King and ft, r his . dynasty. The next paragraph ex cludea from this new -old corps, all ex-Members of the na tionahrolunteertnilitia,aod purchasers of national property :--these who .« in the times of anarchy," that is of the Cortes, had manifested any disaffection to the King, his sovereignty,. &c., or had been members of secret societies. It is elear, -therefore, that the exclusions are such as to nullify . . completely theelause determining what shall be the composition•of the " Royal Volunteers, inasmuch as the, great bulk of persons possessing an independent livelihood come distinct) under that exclusive clause. Again," The great object 'of the institution of Royalist Volunteers, is to condiat and exterminate revolutionists and eintapirators,and to teas upthe revolution by the route." Here then displays; itself another bright characteristic of the paternal Govern s ment of Ferdinand.. lie dreams. of nothing but persecuting and ditstroying—of revolutionists still aetive—and of, plots against his person and time state. 'lsbell bow, in thelnotte of Heaven, can this wretched rum suppose that it will be possible for him, or for those who reign on his principle s . to, keep such a Government together ? Why should there be plots and revolutionists in his kingdom, after he has now for nearly four years lied the whole na tion at Pis feet--himself, his monks, and his French mix ilieries, in full sovereignty,s—and with the power of ruling according to their own fancy? Why, Louis XVIII. after his second restoration, was able to send away, the foreign troops beyond the 'frontiers in less than a fourth of the time. . The army under the Puke of Wellintisen was not coated in the heart of Louis XVIII:e dominions, nor ,were his interior fortresses garrisoned by foreigners, nor was; there a Russian, Austrian, or English garrison within a f e w leagues of Paris.. Obvious it is, therefore, that if F es dheasil has not yet succeeded in putting down the re svolutionara• spirit among his subjects, the principles of his Government ,;re unfit for Stiehl,' and will never enable hiin to & l icense with an array of foreign mercenaries.— The question, we hope devoutly, will, soon be brought to the test. Portugal cannot be long a represented nation, and Spain an enslaved one, any m ore than S p ain could be a conquered kingdom after Portugal was rescpnquered. The analogy between the time Ow and peace is com plete. Spain was _raised from prostration to Buonapurte by.alever fixed on the side of Portugal; she will now be liftealfrom civil despotism by fixing the fulcrum at the mine, point. England has been the conductor of both ex periments;; and may•hononr as. well as fortune attend her. it would appear from time memorial of the manufac t tines; of Birmingham, presented by a deputation of that body 'to lila Majesty's Ministers, some day ago, that trade is us languid there ass in other towns. This is not at all to he wondaed at. : These manufacturers, owing partly to their own conduct, have got into &dilemma, and they foolishly suppose that Government can get them out of it. In making this applieation for relief' they seem to have forgotten or overlooked some of the most material causes of their present complaints.' For the 'lest fifty years, Bir mingham has been rapidly inereasing,, in consequence of the great demand for hardware, goods in almost every part of the world. When peace came, the trade by' de grecs assumed a different character. The people on the Continent acquired security, and- began Ow roanufarttire of those goods which they had been in the habit of 'mior inte s crom Birminglunn. The United States of America • followed the example, and are now menufaeturing hard ware for thernselves, and perhaps, too, for other nations; The Birmingham manufacturers must have been aware, sia;tlraWittg up: 7 410. memorial,' 'that they were, in a great metteursithe cause of this change. A great quantity of the hardSvere gOOds made for the foreiga,market lately haw been of the inoiit inferior deeetiption. Foreigners soon saw that the famed sukeriority of the. English goods was all 0, delusion, and tried to toutillfaCtUrfs , for' themselves. Time North Americana e yen- boast that in someartielet they excel us, ' We 40 ' not at all dank this, for if the quality of thegoods c atunifitettred.for the English market has fallen off so much, we may easily imagine what kind,uf wares are Scent chit to foreign isountricia Razors, pen-knives, and artiojes of a s i tt ular . deseriptien, do not laat half the time The great object of the mann they did twenty y e a rs . a g o. 'make as Many go o d s a s f a cturer have been to and to make tit least one goof! possible at the elie,plit . rate, w hether purchasers would ever bargain, w ithout reilectuig return,. A revulsion in consequence haktaken pl ace , and, s ago these ,Birminghato iootifactiii_o's be sur . priuedat C a n ti n ty 110 0111060 thig, _the United :7114 , . will not ea f rinerly when the people there can • tale thou' gl'" ) ` l4 • .ts of the Wurhl ? lint besies these supply theins.eives, ano p i er...ups oseer pat with articles Of a better (testi - ippon I ,i Ulang...off in rettaous, there alas other'. , for th° 97" t h e den,,old. n ont r a et t iring towns cannot go on inereas ) greater t f , The olvotte,/ tows a s , Die s oinelun i n kn i n h w , -4.fledie44.iNsa e. Ur, ~a sy to!.prOdil ee 444 tMs the t,,,A;e nothing:hut ""t 'l , Ai - With the knowledge , • proper; b a lance, 4:7 4 4 .stance, for ' what purpose did tliey . 10 - 1 ,t o Lo ral ? Cloyerumeut cool(' mo► 4 44 . . '4o'4:lie • -=.47"74 "1- • do nothing for, them, and Lord Liverpool and the other Ministers, who have some knowledge of trade, should have sent them back as fast as they came, at the same time informing them that Ministers could do them no good—that they could not force foreign nations to pur chase our goods—and that they did not consider it politi cal to increase the quantity of paper'medium for the sake of the Birmingham manufacturers,- If Ministers, in order to relieve the market, bad either attempted to dictate to foreign nations, and bind them down by commercial treaties to purchase our goods, or if they had increased the circulating medium, we should have considered them unfit for their situation. They acted, we think, with great propriety; they received_ the deputation with politeness and respect ; and after hearing .their .com plaints, intimated, irt a civil and courtier-like manner, that they would take the subject into their most serious • consideration. We have no dOubt that they had consi dered the matter well before that, and had made up their minds. It .appears that some who signed the memorial had been in trade for forty or fifty years. We should have thought these might have made a fortune during the prosperous times,- and have resigned their places to the young ;tad enterprising. The old adage among trades people is, " Nothing like young and poor blood, " mean ing that such persons are the most likely to carry on trade successfully: 'The memorial, on being presented for signature, was objected to by several' . of the Bir mingham manufacturers. Some said their trade had not fallen off to the extent stated—others thought the subject ought to have been taken up by the Chamber of Com merce ; and a third party wished u Town Meeting. Either of these plans would have been preferable to that of posting up to London. They, no doubt, thought to take Ministers by surprise, and prevail upon them to get the trade out of the dilemma by some hove* focus contriv ance. They reckoned without their host;d Ministers, we trust, have seen enough of these temporary and delusive remedies, to have recourse to them for the future. Had the subject been discussed either by the Chamber of Com merce, or at a town Meeting, it is not improbable that a Memorial of a different description would have been drawn up. At least we are sure that men of plain com mon sense and experience, and free from prejudice, would have formed a very_different conclusion. It is a dmitted on all hands that over-production is the cause of the evil, And that time alone can effect a remedy. We have re peatedly seen similar revulsions in almost every species of traffic, and seen enough to be convinced that no temporary remedy can in the end be of any use. Agriculture affords a most remarkable instance. During the war grain brought such a high price, that almost every spot that could be made arable was brought into cultivation—fens were drained, commons were inclosed, woodlands and pas tures were broken up, and, in course of time, the produc tion became so excessive, that not a sufficient market could • lie found. Prices fell one-half, and Government, in order to relieve the farmer, got the Corn Laws passed. These, it is well known, had no effect. Prices continued low till very lately, when the supply became proportioned to the demand, and the fanner, in consequence, received a proper • return for his produce. Ministers have been sufficiently hammed' with complaints and reproaches for their inter ference. in this instance, to have,recourse to any similar er pedient in favour of the manufacturers. --Morning, Herald. In this country a very hard measure is dealt out to dra matic authors. The following recommendation of the French Commission is conceived in a truly liberal spirit : " Dramatic works exacted a special disposition. They have, in fact, a double eiistenci—that of representation and that of im pression : in this last respect they belong to the class of other writings; but, relatively to their representation, cannot they give to the author and his heirs more than a. temporary right ? In fact, here the privilege of the.author and his family will not cease for the benefit of the public, but for the ,profit. of the theatres. Would it not•then be just to attach and prolong it, as it were, to the whole posterity of an author? But then this disposition would bring with it all the consequences of art exceptional right : it would be necessary, in that ease, to render the part if dramatics. author inglieueble, and. ,to suhatitute It in the direct .14*. In thia way, we should fetter an author in the exercise. ofUse own rights. if on the other hand, this hergiditary and indorpite privilege Were transmissible by alienation, then it would not guarantee Mi Wilily for the future, and the grandson of a great Poet might live in indigence beside the speculator enriched with his spoils, The Commission thought that it would be better to render the text of the law uniform, limiting to fifty years for the representation, and • the impression the'exclusive right of the heirs of a dramatic au thor,. and 'leaving the author himself at liberty to dispose of it." We extract at length the whole of that part of the pro jeat which relates to Dramatic Works, in the hope • that it may stimulate some legislator of our own to attempt some- . thing similar here TITLE Tier BIGHT OF DAAMATIC WOV,Ka, 7. The Dramatic Works of living Authors shall not be re-. presented on any theatres, without the consent of their authors. `" 8. The agreements between the authors and the managers of theatre* shall continue to be free. No authority shall either fix the rate of rewards, or moderate or augment the price agreed on ; and the, share of the author cannot be tains in execution by the credi tors of the theatrical managers. "9. After the decease of the author, every theatre duly autho rised may represent his piece, on paying to his widow, or the heirs, legatees, or donaturies of the author, a share equal to what he received at the time of his death. "'Phis shallcontinue for fifty years. - " 10. 'With respect to the impression of draiatic works the tights of the author; those of the widow, of his heirs, legatees, or donatories, shall be subject to the general rules traced by the first title of the present law." Mr. Moore, in his " Life of Sheridan,". hiss some strik ing observations, on the superciliousness displayed by the Aristocracy towards mere men of letters. We rather think that, with all their faults, :the Aristocracy are the best-behaved people among us, and that it is in the middle ranks that contempt towards real or supposed inferiors is most offensively manifested. Be this as it may, it will be a long time, however, before we find the Aristocracy of this country holding repeated sittings for the purpose of improving the legislation respecting Literary. Property, and in order that the rights of no order of men may be injured, associating with themselves in their labours Dra matic Author's, Players, Booksellers, and Printers...-. Morning Chronicle. The Lord Chancellor and Vice-Chancellor seem to have that sort of feeling , towards each other at present, which, in'eerninon parlanee ' ,is expressed by the words " live like cut and dog ." On Wednesday, - according to a report in the Newspapers, the Lord Chancellor took in great dudgeon a declaration of the Vice, that he would not he interrupted by any Motions till he got through his Bank rupt Petitions : " His Lordship was quite astonished to hear such statements, and desired the Gentleman who informed ldin of them to say to the Viee-aanceller, that he desired him to hear them. If gen tlemen were to look at the Act of Parliament appointing the Vice-Chancellor, they would tied that it was quite ineoroPeteut for him to say he should not hear any thing the Chancellor pleased to order him to bear. According to the present practice, however, lie seemed to direct the Chancellor instead of the Chan eellor directing him." Much more in this peevish strain did his Lordship say, and it has, no doubt, been faithfully reported to the-Vice- Chancellor. The Learned Judge has paid him back with interest. In a case heard on Saturday, which our readers will find in another column, Mr. Montague having referred to the principle in the ease " Sillitoe and Vice-ChanCeller observed— Goodchild," the "Wiese read that caiai, Mr. Montague, over and over again, andaabourcd to mate myself acquainted with it; but Iprofir. InAle to comprehend the Pronounced that derision, and I fear I must g o down to saute my grav e i n th e ignorauce." (Jn another occa s i o n th e principle upon Which same . felting to this case, (-spark Sillitoe, observed--- " The I,sitil Chatu.,ellor bad laid it down as a principle, that, , two firms, they could.pnw'e Kum! partners, or one or two of the partners, carried on • y Mr. Montague, re ‘, a , to article.* of trad e in which they dealt, and were s,"1 1 " ',wed to sell to Nudi other, I 1 I id no t wee when there wee a chin , but t !at -t 'ey t.'"" P '" u nr,l'i because that must be collo erect wheel of the saute me t e t i re , against eivat other Ile confer:A this Was a nice distinc tion." On this the Viee-Clianeillor.aarcastically remarkeil--" It is a wheel of titt $41116 tylailiagat but it is the fore-wheel and tha bind-wheel, and the only difference seems to be in the diameter." These are certainly very severe cuts, and they will, no doubt, be felt keenly, as the Lord Chancellor himself must have a suspicion of the truth of these remarks. It is un derstood in the profession, we believe, that the decisions of the Lord Chancellor have often served to perplex, but never to elucidate the law. He is allowed to be acute, but then he never sees more than a part of a subject, and is unequal to the 'task of taking a luminous view of any matter in all its bearings. The Vice-Chancellor may have his own defects; but being a good logician, he is feelingly alive to those of the Lord Chancellor, which he has here hit off very correctly. It has been said that the Lord Chancellor has not only done less for the improve ment of Chancery law than any of his predecessors, but that he has actually left it in a much worse state than he found it in.—Morning Chronicle. LAW INTELLIGENCE.. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—Auourr 5. THE 31AT?ER OF BRENCHLEYS. In an argument upon the question of partners (the Brenchleys of Gravesend) engaged in one business being entitled to prove under a commission of bankruptcy, against the estates of one or more of the same partners engaged in another business, Mr. Momnux contended that they were not entitled to do so with respect to loans of money, but only with respect to articles of trade in which they respectively dealt, and cited the case in Sillitoe and Goodchild, in support of his argument, the point having been there maturely considered and solemnly decided by the Lord Chancellor. The Learned Counsel was proceeding with his argument upon the principle laid down in that case, when The VICI.CIIANCELLOU said—Really. Mr. Montague, I do not understand; you. Mr. Monism - me observed, that he was endeavouring to follow the principle laid down by my Lord Chancellor. The Vice-Clialvati.on—liut 1 really do not understand that principle--I never cOblti understand it. Mr. Morrranut: confessed it was extremely difficult to under stand it, but he knew that the Lord Chancellor had devoted a vast deal of time and labour, and weeks of anxious inquiry, into the case report in Sillitoe and Goodchild, and pronounced upon it the most solemn and deliberate judgment. The Vmx-Chacemoa—l have read that case, Mr. Mon tague, over and over again, and laboured to make myself ac quainted with it . ; but I profess myself still unable to comprehend the principle upon which his Lordship pronounced that decision, awl I fear I must go down to the grave in the same ignorance.— Do you yourself understand it, Mr. Montague. Mr. MONTAGUE replied, with a smile, that he always thought he understood every thing which went to favour his own client. The Vice-CnAncituon—l do not understand the principle of that decision, I never could; but the judgment of my Lord Chancellor is final anti without appeal in all cases of bankruptcy, and lam bound to 'folio* it. I shall, therefore, decide this case according to the principle laikdown in Sillitoe and Goodchild. The case, however, subsequently stood over, to allow time to consider an objection independent of the principle. HUDSON' V. Cf,ARKE AND ANOTHER. The VICErCHANCELLOK; in disposing of this ease yesterday, observed that the affidavits involved such a mass of perjury, that it was disgusting to read them ; he would send it to a Court of Law, where a summary mode of punishing such criminal proceedings could be adopted, at least the parties'should be exposed. His Honor addressed Mr. Montague this day respecting these affidavits, and desired that Mr. Cook, the solicitor, should be ordered a, lodge the deed of partnership between Clarke and Rarns den in it the Secretary o f Bankrupts' - offi ce, a* was . important that it should he secured, iu case the matter should come before this Court again. He hoped it was not the same person that drew up the deed and the affidavits. ~• An inquisition liras taken on Saturday evening, at the Lord Wellington public-bowie, Old Kent-road, before R. CARTER, Esq. and a respectable Jury,on the body of a young wo man named Eliza Stapleton, who was found drowned in the Surrey Canal. The deceased, it was believed, in a fit of insanity, brought on in consequence of the death of a young man to whom she was on the eve of marriage, threw herself into the water. A lock of her• deceased lover's hair was fOllllO iu her bosom when she was taken out of the canal. Mr. James Huffer, the father-in-law, wax called, who deposed as follows:--I sin a gold-cutter, and re. side 111 Clericestwell-close. The accessed has been living nine rears under my roof. ,ever since I. insrried her mother. About three months awl she went to fridge :at No. DO, Great Leonard street, Shoreditch, ans followed the Oceripati of a stopstress. I have understood that • she was engaged to a young man, whose name I know not, who died about sit: weeks ago. This circum stance preyed deeply on her spirits, and caused her to be quite melancholy. She bad known the young man about a year. He never came to my house Last Sunday she came to dine and spend the day with us. Her Appetite had failed her. She fre quently burst into tears,. and 'seemed much afflicted. Her mother pressed to know why she cried? The deceased answered, "It Wei no matter." I went out about three, and returned about six o'clock. Shortly afterwards the deceased suddenly bid her mo ther and my children " Good by," and ran out of the twine. on Tuesday night the landlady with whom she lodged came to acquaint us that she had suddenly disappeared, and that she had lately conducted herself in s° singular a manner,. as to induce her (the landlady) to believe the deceased was insane. Very early the following morning my wife went to seek the deceased at her grandfather's, who lives at the New-cross, Deptford, and whom she was in the habit of occasionally visiting. She found that the deceased bad not been there for some weeks. I accidentally heard on Thursday that a young woman had been found drowned, near the bridge in the Kent-road, and fearing it might be my • daughter-in-law, front the 'circuthstances already detailed, I came hither, and discovered it was her.—After a short consultation, the Jury returned a verdict—" That the deceased drowned her• self when labouring under a temporary fit of insanity." WEXFORD.—ATTACK ON THE MILITARY.— On Friday night last a seizure of a still was made by a party consisting of twelve soldier, and three policemen, and on the foll O wing morning the horses of some of the neighbouring country people were taken, without the consent, of their owners, for the purpose of conveying it aiid its utensils to Tallow. The country people • indignant that their horses should be taken without their concurrence, and apprehensive that there was no intention of re turning them, assailed the military and police with a - volley of stones. The officer who commanded the soldiers, wirhiog, if possible, to avoid the effusion of blood, ordered theM to retire, leaving the assailants in possession, not only, of the horses, but of the still and its appendages. Not satisfied with this, the country people followed the soldiers, keeping up an incessant pelting of stones, as they took the road to Tallow. In hopes of check ing them the officer desired his men to discharge their tow kets over their heads. This they did, !At instead of the an- ticipated effect, the country people, seeing no one fall, sup posed that the military were unprovided with any thing but powder, and pressed forward with increased determination, when a stone from one of them having struck the officer and knocked lihn off his horse the soldiers were eompelled, in self-defence, to take a More de&inveind efl'ective port: They accordingly re-load ed, and forming three-deep across the road, directed their fire full in thefuee of their pursuers. Every shot took effect, One man was killed onthe,epot; six others were so dangerotisly wounded, that on Sunday morning no hopes were entertained of their re covery, and by many others injuries were received of a lees impor tant nature. We mention the following circumstance as a proof of the unyielding olAtineey with which the country people prose ented their object. When the soldiers commenced firing, one of them, who was *tending near the corner of a house, was struck by a ball with so met force al to occasion his falling. The h a ll struck him on the ride of the head, bareing a part of it : but no way intimidated by the: narrowness of his escape, or the proba bility of asecond salutation of the same kind, he bounced upon his leg*, and joined in the affray with greater fury than before.— Wexford Herald. Dovtn, Ave. 2.—At 12 o'clock this day the ontetw w " itt li t i a z th r e avr iat eet o l f ; funeral, of poor Morgan took place in St. Mary's Church. The tl t i l e te d n ec ti zase e which was w t a b : pierced with corpse was preceded in military procession by a company of' Ar tillerymen,with bailie his brace of pistols and cutlass ; the pall supported by six quarter-ma-nets of the preventive service, followed by his weeping widow and friends; theta came about 80 of the comrades of the deceased, attended by two Lieutenants, and three other officers of navy. Altogether it had a very s o l emn an d impos ing effect ; p art i cu l arly w h en passing ove r the 'parade, the place where th e melancholy affair took place. The deemed has left no children. Double% the young widow will b e prov i ded f or . T here is a gentleman, belonging Virginia, now in Washington, wit" postethe -extraordinary mmb faculty of ac qu i r i ng an d reeering decided paints o f l a w, so ns Lo be. able, whenev er an y point as proposed, t o s t a t e the reporter, the volum e , umanme t h e al e, and tite Page w h ere r eported. `phis to the bar of facility, it is stated, lie ,lias acquired by a method of reading , Pe cavil his own ; atel he is willing to eonanuoicate the secret to gentlemen of the profosion fur a small ee t o sin pensation.—eier icon Paper, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Some days ago a. well-dressed person, about 60 years of age, wearing a fashionable brown wig, highly curled at top, and having a remarkable aquiline nose, whose name is Richard Anthony Salisbury, residing at 18, Queen street, Edgeware-road, was brought from St. George's, Hanover square, watch-house, upon .the following charge William Tomes, of No. 10, Duke-street, Lisson-grove, coach founder and plater, stated, that about nine o'clock on the previous evening he was passing through Hyde-park, and met the prisoner, who accosted him in a very polite manner, and spoke of the fineness of the evening; they walked together a short distance, when the prisoner took some sweet cakes out of his pocket, and saying they were very pleasant, handed one to him, the prisoner. Having proceeded a few yards further, the prisoner said that he was rather tired, and seated himself upon the grass, inviting the witness to do the same, which he did, to pass half an hour in conversation, as he supposed, with an old gentleman, and never suspecting any thing improper. They had not been long seated, however, when the witness had reason to form a very different opinion of the pri soner, who proceeded to conduct himself in a manlier which the witness here described, but which we cannot do further than to say, that it fully bore out the charge preferred against the pri soner. The witness, on finding the prisoner take very unwar rantable liberties with his person, at once seized him, and called out for assistance ; a struggle then ensued, during which two other persons came up, and assisted in securing the prisoner, before he had time or opportunity to adjust his dress. Henry Gayner, of No. 42, Thomas-street, Grosvenor-square, boot-closer, and Benjamin Farviett Grist, of '64, Davies-street, Berkeley-square, music-engraver, gave evidence respecting the taking of the prisoner. In answer to the above charge, the prisoner denied having been guilty of it. Sir Gaoana FARRANT, the Magistrate, who received some hint upon the subject, asked the prisoner if he did not once belong to the Cavendish club ? The prisoner replied that he did. And, I believe," said the Magistrate. " that in ennsminenae of some alleged impropriety, of a nature not very different in cha racter from the present charge, your subscription and presence at that club as a member were disponi ed with." The prisoner said, that there had been some unfounded rumour of the kind, which induced him to quit the club. The 'Magistrate then told him, that he must produce two very responsible bail in 1001. each, and himself be bound iu *OOl., to answer this charge at the next Westminster Sessions -' and to give time for inquiring into the respectability of the bail, he must give 24 hours' notice. In the course of the same day two persons came to the office, and (Aired themselves as bail for " Mr. Salisbury." Sir G. FARRANT told them that they must leave their names and address, that inquiry might be made about them, as no bail but the most substantial would be accepted of ; and if it should turn out, when they were sworn, that any money had been depo sited in their hands, they would be rejected ; at the same time the Magistrate asked if they were aware of the nature of the charge against the prisoner ? They replied that they were perfectly aware of it. They then left their names and addresses at the office, and retired. The 24 hours being expired, they again presented themselves, and Ballard, the officer, stated, that having made the necessary inquiries, he found that both persons were very respectable tradesmen ; one was Mr. Bennett, of No. 45, Seymour-place, Bryanstone-square, plumber and glazier, and the other Mr. James McCraw, of No. 1, Queen-street, Edgware-road, baker. The two bail were then sworn and closely questioned by the Magistrates as to whether .any money had been deposited with them, or in atiy other way they bad been indemeilied ? They both decidedly answered in the negative, and gave as their reasons for bailing Mr. Salisbury, that he was one of their cus tomers. They then entered into the necessary bail, and the pri4 loner was discharged. He is stated to be a moan of good fortune, and to be, or to have been, a member of more thin one of the club houses at the west end of the town. Margaret Drew was charged by her master, Godfrey Lazarus, on suspicion of having set fire to the house in which he is A lodger, No. 265, High Holborn. He stated, that this morning, between one an d two o'clock, be was awoke by a great smoke in his bed-room ; he ran down stairs, and on opening the street door he found the watchman in the act of ringing the bell to alarm the house. The landlord, Mr. White, said the smoke was so great, that he wall obliged to carry Mrs. White, who was insensible, down stairs. They extinguished the dire, which they found to proceed from a sort of cellar under the stairs, and, in which they found a link that appeared to have been wilfully , placed there. The lath and plaster were burnt through ; no ptpats was in the hal* of entet there, except at the time of the passover. They tpspects(l the prisoner, because she was nearly dressed when they came down. She had lately preferred sleeping on a sofa in her master's sitting room, to her usual bed in the garret, and had a black mark in her hand when examined by Furxeman. She now, however, explained the motive of her wish to 'sleep on the sofa, because she was badly lodged in the garret; She denied all knowledge of the link. Mr. DYER observed it, was probable that she had not taken off, all her clothes, which might have been the case with a predent woman. He did not NT any evidence to bring it !mine to her; and should like to see the servant of Mr. White. This servant was sent for, and attended : she stated that she, had never seen the cellar opened till this morning ; she had never heard the prisoner use threatening language. Mr. White described the suspicious cireurnstana t of a tablo having been burnt six months ago, by the supposed arelessnees of the prisoner, and remarked, that the circumstance of her being dressed when first seen was extremely , suspicious. Mr. Demi observed, it was evident that the house bad been wilfully set on fire, but the evidence was not sufficient to commit the prisoner on the charge of arson ; but to allow time for fur ther inquiries, he should remand her until Wednesday. On Saturday, a poor miserable looking wretch, was brought into the office, preceded by two street-keepers, one of whom carried, with something like an air of triumph, about one-fifth of a truss' of straw, whilst the other held in his bands no small quantity of printed papers, the paper being somewhat similar in quality to the bills of a celebrated infallible doctor. The beadle with the straw stated, that lie found the prisoner in Grosvenor-square, with the straw, which he now held in his hand, calling 0ut,—..".1f you will buy my straw, I will give you my book—only a halfpenny, a half-pmny, a straw—who will buy?"--This novel mode of sell-, ing straw, drew together a large,mob of persons, and finding they were determined to remain, he, " sans ceremonie," took the straw-, seller and his books into cu s tody. Th e li terary b eadle then la id. before Mr. Dyer, the counterpart of his companion's bundle. Mr. Dias--Selling of straw, what is the use, this is quite new to me ? Prisoner—l was not selling the straw, I was singing a song. Mr.•Dinta.—What is the use of the straw, for I cannot discoyer any thing in the book relating at present to the straw? Prisoner—lt is the custom of the trade. Mr. Darn—l want to know what has the) *Maga( the straw to do with the book ? Priioner—l did not wish to mention the lady and gammas' name, fearing they might h e k nown. The book was then rea d, prece d ed b y the fo l low i ng p om p o us ' title-page :—" The military Captain and the naughty Baronet's Lady;" after which he continued to relate, in gravo strains, the,. late "faux pas." He was discharged on promising net to . offend again. UNION -HALL. -...'Two well-known manufacturers of base coin, James Clark and George Brown, with a woman named Sarah Wood, were brought up for final exantination at the in stance of the Mint Solicitors, who attended to prosecute. There had been three previous examinations, which, as well as the pre sent, were taken with closed doors, and every degree of precaution was used to prevent publicity being given to the proceedings. We have, however, been able to learn that they were taken into cus tody about the 234 of last month (in Red Cross-court, Red Cross street, llorough,'where they occupied amen !tome) by Limbrick, i from the six- Edwards, and Kirby. A variety of im ple m ents , and various powders used in the colouring., were found in the hou se , as we ll , i;vuantreiotthtsatatagweeareorfefildnisy h or circulation p a s e nt a quantities t ithe o so f by:ase sovereign. 'Those are said to be superior in execution to any ever seen, and the dia.: 'covery Was made just time enough to prevent their issue. They were all examined, and proved to he counterfeit, by an inspector who attended front the Mint ; and at the olore of the examination, which lasted upwarde of an hour, the prisoners were fully com mitted to llorseinonger-lane, to take their trial at next Guildford Aliases. 14 r. STEAM informed, at length put. his steam carriage in motion. It tra. yelled round the circle at the Hoboken Hotel yesterday, at the rate of about ail' miles" boor. The curve of the circle is very rank—much more so than can possibly be required in pursuin4 the route of a road. Tlus great d ev i at i on f rom a straight li ne gives rise to an enormous friction, th e grea t er part of whi c h, h o wever, Mr. S. has contr i ved to. obviate. H i s. eng i ne and carriage weighs less than a ton, whereas those r:win intention in England, weigh. front eight to ten thus. The original was to give the carriage a motion of 16 or 20 miles an hour, hut he has deemed-it more prudent. to move in the first instance with a moderate velocity, so d h a , accor di n gly altered the gearing, which renders it impracticape iomove....ffew /ark State:mon, PIRACY AND MURDER. The following article is extracted from the ship-news report of the brig Koohe, Capt. Atwood from Canary Islands, which rived at New York on Tuesday evening, May 5, Ist. 30. 30• bon. 654. fell in with schooner Decatur, of Boston, which sated from Baltimore about the 20th of April for New Orleans, and took from her 14 slaves. The crew and slaves stated that Gapt. Walter R. Galloway, late master, and Mr. Wm. Porter, both fell overboard on the 26th of April, at 10, A.ll. and were drowned- The weather was pleasant at the time, and the vessel running at the rate of 6 knob), did not heave to pick them up, but inure diately shifted her course for St. Domingo, as they suppaged) but having no navigator on board, they had been drifting about, when fallen in with, did not know where they were. Captain .1 * put on board his second officer, Mr. Gallilee, and ordered her to keep company but parted on Friday night in a gale, lat. 37. to;,. 70. 80. It was his intention on gaining the coast to take Out the two remaining slaves, and one of her - crew, and to Out 0' a sufficient number of his men, for fear they might do vio lence to Mr. G. or run the vessel ashore and mike their escape. The crew also informed Captain A. that a ship bound to Nantuc ket, boarded the .Decatur three days before, took off the female slaves, two of the crew, and put a navigator on board who, how ever, refused to remain, and was received on board the sh anew. morning. The slaves were 32 in number and belonged Woolfolk of Baltimore ; Capt. Atwood is of opinion that Captain Galloway and his mate were thrown overboard. the e Th aba e Providencevewhich Hardly le fur av n es ish a t h h a e pe fol t l h o a wi t following foul play on board the Decatur. The schooner Mentor, Capt. Smith, arrived at Providence, Ora Baltimore, on Monday last. Spoke on Saturday off Block Island, whale ship Constitution, Captain Chase, from the Pacific Oats bound to Nantucket with a full cargo of oil. Was informed Oats Captain Chase, that he had spoken a schooner belonging to ton bound from Baltimore to New Orleans; on hailing her W l5 in. formed that the captain and mate of the schooner had been l c !: nvorhnard and that they were in want of a navigator. 11 ° 3 , her and; was requested to take a number of women and 01 ' 1.6 " slaves on board of his ship, to carry into port, and leave do n ' er e culfi bai rrn n t o: °D be etir navigator. While on board the schooner a sailor stated u) C.W t a' n C. that he bad something to communicate, which he could ou t tell there, but would do so if he would take him on board 'the ship. The sailor, together with 17 blacks, at the request of ll ° on board the schooner, were conveyed on board the Constitatir: where the sailor informed him that the white crew, together wl° the slaves, had mutinied, killed the captain and mate , and tall possession of the vessel. Captain Chase finding that he was strong enough to take possession of the schooner, made sail a , ' left her, with the remainder of her crew and sixteen black' board.—American Paper. _ _ A girl, aged 17, named Polina Snyder, 4. as on v " at New Orleans, from Indiana, soliciting charity. The Losirfi,,4 Gazette says, she is the most deformed creature ever ten. T e has an intelligent and interesting face, but no aryls, n°r , appearance of them. One leg is about a foot shorter mo: other, and when assisted to stand on the left or longer 'kit appears to be about four feet high. The short leg is witlisarPio from the hip down to the nude. Her feet are large, and 01 ' e l a, learned to use them with a dext erit y trul y aston i shing:. l them she is enabled to sew, knit, cut with scissors or logr' . ' herself, , and perform most of th e d u ties of the hand.—itiley Paper. 4 15 0 W E A THE R CROPS.--.-011 Saturday Night , a rtr l u. during Sunday night, we had finerains. YesterdaY b i a " It ; copious showers. The atmosphere on Saturday and Sunutty.'so exceedingly sultry. The harvest goes on so rapidly, oni",e nil 'i, are already cleared, and their produce in the barn yard. _A p neighbourhood fields of oats have been reaped by being,r l " - t a u the roots, as they could not be cut by reason of their esu f f shortness. Yesterday we had an arrival at the Brontielste ° vessel with new oats from Dublin, The crops in Ireland t tu are happy to learn, with partial exceptions, good. li n= P'rbt crop in particular will, we are informed, be most abundan t : 4 ip harvest is so general, and so rapidly is the grain becoming abundant: the Lothians, that hands sufficient cannot be got to cut is In consequence of this wages are high-25., 6d. per any. you, Courier. bdesignate ae.alii,tisfi.ll2.h.senlaonmd,,e,nwoun than on Sunday last. The weather being particularly clegyaned bV sea withont a ripple, the whole of the French coast 514 )61 , refraction as if only a few leagues from our shore. I b l heights and undutations of the land, as well as the bark st ,„'' fteiently diitioet iviOttOtit this aid of glasses,. t be lorn, "hal who were at all acquainted with the opposite g ahor 'l ' r ' i t Phillips, who has favoured us with this notice, :older. of the most perfect terrestrial refractions ever seen in this tl3 —t To those who are not acquainted with the nature of refrartiont; may appear extraordinary that objects are brought t° Ole ne ll v .h er ic m h ore ur dis tiiinehtel;Tl i e ; ll4l' when naturally obscured by bodies of a greater e levation. t I would recommend such persons to try the - simple esPe tiliie : t o; putting a coin in a cup or basin, so placed that the bottonL • he seen, when, by pouring water into the cup or 11044 will become visible by refraction.--Brighton Gazette. COUNTRY CORN MARKET DURING LAST ISSIE. .....--" ' Wheat. ~ ' Bader. Oaf. 13 41 ° 4 ' . Per Quarter. s. - to E. ,s, to .s.. s. to s. s, to 5 , Andover .. • ' . - . 9 w' 22 30 211 30 44; a B at h . , l/61,i 66 '66 30 28 34 48 . 1 Swarm, ~ - 50 ~` ..68 89 ,11! 21 r 46 Bridgewater --- 03 08 ...) .". 4 0 Bccarortichltisoestile Colchester-.....,..- p : - 6 58 661 ea t 2. 3 . . 8 8 41 2i . 3 4 33 0 0 5 , .. 1 . 1 , : 440 Daventry 60 61 35 40 28 34 46 „. Doncaster, . .56 00 T 7 35 23 44 7,," G10uce5ter............ 56 60 36 ' 40 28 3 6 - 54 1 .... - Hexham ...... . era 71 3 9 40 89 34 -- 5 L ee d s ~,,,,,,,,_„,,,,„„,..., 56 58 &I 37 91 26 so Leicester—..—..... IN 67 :% 6 40 33 38 53 46 Lincoln 58 62 31 41 26 T./ 14 Loug I 'borough.* 38 0 Louth ........-......—. 53 &I 26 34 23 27 48 44 ;en ••••••••••........ 48 68 91 35 22 27 411 0 rketHarboro«. 59 113 30 L 6 30 33 0 , Morpeth ............... 53 62 32 35 ft , 97 .0 ! 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Ad. t 4; 8 ' Birmingham.....,, 8 8 9 - 5 0 6 0 4 3 49, 7, 0 llodMin -..........;.... 0 0 " 0 0 0 00 0 0 Buckingham ...... 7 0 9 , 5 0 6 0 4 0 46 m e v o $1 0 1 Cheltenham ........... 8 0 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 - ' 7 ' Coventry .................. 7 6 8 I 4 9 5 4 4 2 5 0 v.' l o l 10 HerefOrd .......... 10 011 70 80 00 4 „ 2 fq . 6 9 , Newcastle (Staff) 10 0 10 0 0 00 5 0 4 0 v r Northallerton .. 7 3 805 6. 7U 9 6 4 0 ) ...,- 0 0 • 0ate."4—...----- 50 , 0 + Us 4 a 00 00 „ - 0 0° Penrtth ................. 00 8 I 00 40 44 0 0 - ,,v 0 0 ' Shrewsbtury .......... 8 8 10 7 0 86 66 a° s`o 7 1i Btafrord —,.—...—. $ i .a:, 00 . 0 0 56 5 9 a 7 Warwick ......--- 7 8 8 I 4 3 5 6 4 3 5 01 1 ; 7 ' Worc Peesterß 7 75 40 50 4 0 4 45 ' " 131 1 r 011. oi_ 1 0 i s Barnardeastle—.... 12 6 17 1 80 9 0 1 00 :.; „-) l ig 4) ...:, 1 Darlington —..... 13 0 16 - 0 1 ,11 Durham ........--- 14 0 18 f , 9 0 1 0 3 6 0 wu 0 u - StanhoPe _ 4 . la 0 14 o"0 0 10 o 4 7 0 0 ° A ° 0 I) oav 0 I B tPoek, ton -.—..4... 13 3 14 0 0 00 7 0 , 0 0 0 W" , inghani ....... 15 0 17 010 0 01) 7 6 .. 0 0 BIRTH. 3n-erestxt On the 3d inst, in Bu• . it, MA. of ~ ------- 01; MARRIED. .0 y ier' 1, On the 3d inst., at W e sth unt E sse x, by the iif- ' 6 O, c _. _at , ford, D.D., Peter W.. Fry, Esq , of Cheapen'? ae w ' i , tio'f, son of Peter Fry, Esq. of C oro . ptors.bouves 41 " r ,10slef' shire, to Jane, fourth (laughter of Thomas Ar no ....# of StratArd green. On the 3d inst ., by the Rev. the Provost, st -8 :: : S if the Rev , Edward Coleridge, Iteemr of idniiksdv°,. ; i l., Mary, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. Keste, 1 0 1 0 Eton school. 1 10%,; • On the 26th ult., at Spriigvale, &wan d, by !be at j o t f o e , M'Leod, Mr. Robert Bulioeh, late farmer of D e el f ,/' M il . alseee, late of Mosettield ; the united .se i ,;, - e cleV ° collide amount to 140 year* and adding the ps i ..,,f, yer'' J m bridegroo's man, and bride's maid, they eseee '''" ---;'. ____ - flit. DIED. utilllo' On thi 3d inst., in 'Wotan-place, Gerard I ' t/4 Aged 80. . ii.tr, Olt, the list a February last, at Bombay Volt,Lirrati in i i a a r. . . . . . :1, -Central Le i ILL tenAntCo I o n c 1 i a t%o.::L,..nii On•C4 .) 1 1 11" ai:Y' s s t 0 t 0": 1 * ...---__ .... 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